Finance Systems Support Analyst

Redefined; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An international legal practice is seeking a Finance Systems Support Analyst for their Bristol or London office. This role will focus on providing second line support for financial systems and managing system improvements, especially for the recently implemented Practice Management System. The ideal candidate should have experience in a finance systems team and a strong understanding of legal finance principles. The position offers hybrid working, generous benefits, and a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Generous benefits

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in a finance systems team in a global law firm.
• Knowledge of legal finance department processes.
• Strong communicator who can articulate issues clearly.

Responsibilities

• Provide 2nd line support for financial systems.
• Maintain financial systems' balancing routines.
• Liaise with vendors to resolve system issues.

Skills

Experience working in a finance systems team in a global law firm

Solid knowledge of legal finance department processes

Understanding of business implications of finance systems

Knowledge of legal practice management systems

Understanding of accounting principles

Excellent communication skills

Ability to analyse and solve problems quickly

Highly self-motivated

Demonstrable team player

Strong organisational skills

Tools

Elite 3E

Advanced Financial Solutions

Chrome River

Intapp Time

Job description

Role profile

Osborne Clarke are seeking a Finance Systems Support Analyst to join our International Finance Systems team in either our Bristol or London office. This role offers the opportunity to work with teams internationally on a recently implemented Practice Management System (Elite 3E).

This newly created position will play a crucial role in assisting with the management & maintenance of the firm's financial systems and providing second line support to end users. Reporting into the Finance Systems Operations Manager, this role will involve building strong relationships with the business, helping to maintain a professional, high‑quality service to support the firm's existing finance systems, whilst also identifying future roadmap items and assisting in the delivery of these.

This is a permanent position offering hybrid working.

The role

The Finance Systems Support Analyst will be a key member of the International Finance Systems Team and will involve providing support for the firm's financial systems (Elite 3E, Advanced Financial Solutions, Chrome River, Intapp Time), driving forward improvements to the system along the way.

Other key responsibilities include:

• Investigation and resolution of 2nd line end user support queries for all financial systems.
• Maintenance of the 3E balancing routines and investigation/resolution of differences.
• Liaising with other teams and third‑party vendors to rectify issues.
• Maintenance of system administration set ups.
• Assisting with the implementation of system improvements to meet user and business requirements.
• 3E Template configuration.
• Data reconciliation across key finance systems.

We are looking for

• Experience working in a finance systems team in a global law firm.
• Solid knowledge of the day‑to‑day working processes of a legal finance department.
• An understanding of the business implications of finance systems in a legal environment.
• Strong knowledge of legal practice management systems applications, table structures and relational databases.
• An understanding of accounting principles.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; must be a confident communicator.
• Ability to analyse and solve problems quickly and efficiently.
• Highly self‑motivated with an eagerness to learn new skills.
• Demonstrable team player, with a flexible and patient approach to work and colleagues.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to remain calm under pressure and prioritise work accordingly.

Salary and benefits

We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits. We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range initiatives and benefits support this.

Our recruitment process

Please note that although we include closing dates for our roles as a guide, we review and progress applications on a rolling basis. At Osborne Clarke we do not make any recruitment decisions using automated decision‑making.

We are committed to providing an environment where you can perform to the best of your abilities at every stage of your recruitment experience and beyond. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application stage, interview process, or when working with us, please let us know in confidence.

About Us

Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice with over 330 Partners and more than 1,260 talented lawyers in 26 locations*. Our sector‑based approach enables us to help our clients tackle the issues they are facing today, and prepare for the ones that they will face tomorrow. Advising them both comprehensively and commercially. We love working closely with our clients on new deals, products and solutions which will transform their businesses, markets and even sectors. And our unique approachable culture is not an added extra, it's fundamental to our success.

At Osborne Clarke we value difference and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality.

*Services in India are provided by a relationship firm